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Grocery and convenience stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area
The grocery and convenience stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 70 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #58 of 387 scored metro areas
#2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada
- Listings
- 1,281
- 795 chain locations (62%)
- Official establishments
- 467
- +18.2% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $5.2B
- On groceries · $5,997 a household
- Spending per listing
- $4M
- 19% above the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 14.9
- 20% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 2,407,226
- +5.8% since 2020
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What this means
Map listings as of September 2026 show 1,281 grocery and convenience stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area. 795 of them (62%) are chain locations, against 42% across the U.S. Per 10,000 households, that is 14.9, 20% below the U.S. rate of 18.7.
Household spending on groceries in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area comes to about $5.2B a year: $5,997 per household, 5% below the U.S. average. Spread across 1,281 grocery and convenience stores, that is $4M per store, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M.
The official count of businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area was 467 in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019. That is one for every 1,847 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. Official counts list 416 one-person businesses without payroll. Since fiscal 2022, 12 SBA-backed loans worth $4.4M have gone to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area.
Population estimates show the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area grew 5.8% from 2020 to 2025, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). The Groundwork market score for grocery and convenience stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area is 70 (upper middle), #58 of 387 scored metro areas and #2 of 3 scored metro areas based in Nevada. That puts it in the top quarter of metro areas.
How the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area compares
The same measures for Nevada and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all groceries by the grocery and convenience stores counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area | Nevada | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 14.9 | 15.2 | 18.7 |
| Spending per listing | $4M | $4M | $3.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 1,847 | 1,691 | 1,293 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +18.2% | +15.4% | +7.2% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +5.8% | +5.3% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on groceries | $5,997 | $6,037 | $6,319 |
| Median household income | $76,472 | $78,260 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 70 | 69 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 467+18.2% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 18,810
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $618.4M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 416Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 1,281795 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 1,527The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 12
- Amount
- $4.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as grocery and convenience stores in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 2,407,226+5.8% since 2020
- Households
- 862,518
- Median age
- 39.3
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 58%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 7,892 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 295
- Median household income
- $76,472+28.9% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $104,279
- Median home value
- $431,000
- Jobs located here
- 1,114,493
- Daytime population
- 2,346,318Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top metro areas in Nevada
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Reno, NV | 70 | 335 | 14.9 | $4.2M | +5.0% | #57 of 387 |
| 2Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 70 | 1,281 | 14.9 | $4M | +5.8% | #58 of 387 |
| 3Carson City, NV | 34 | 42 | 17.7 | $3.3M | −0.2% | #300 of 387 |
Other business types in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
- Grocery and convenience stores70
- Grocery stores80
- Convenience stores54
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Questions
How many grocery and convenience stores are in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area?
There are 1,281 grocery and convenience stores on map listings in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area as of September 2026. 795 of them (62%) are chain locations. The listings count grocery, convenience and specialty food stores. Official counts show 467 businesses with payroll classed as grocery and convenience stores in 2023, up 18.2% from 2019. Official counts also show 416 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area spend on groceries?
About $5.2B a year, or $5,997 per household. That is 5% below the U.S. average (an index of 95, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 1,281 grocery and convenience stores on map listings, it comes to $4M per store. It is estimated from the incomes of the 862,518 households in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area compare with the U.S. for grocery and convenience stores?
The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area has 14.9 grocery and convenience stores per 10,000 households, 20% below the U.S. rate of 18.7. Spending per store is $4M, 19% above the U.S. figure of $3.4M. At the national ratio of grocery and convenience stores to household spending, the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area would have about 1,527, against 1,281 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 1,847 households, against one for every 1,293 across the U.S. The official count rose 18.2% from 2019 to 2023, against +7.2% for the U.S.
How fast is the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area at 2,407,226 people in 2025, up 5.8% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 862,518 households. Median household income in the Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area is $76,472, 5% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 28.9%, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas metro area scores 70 for grocery and convenience stores (upper middle), #58 of 387 scored metro areas.
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